Dermo-./
Dermo-: , [< Gr. derma, the skin], dermato-: also, before a vowel, derm-.
Dermis: , n. [Mod. L. < Gr. epidermis; see Epidermis], 1. The layer of the skin just below the epidermis; derma. 2. The skin in general.
Dermic: , adj. Of the skin; dermal.
Dermatoplasty: , n. [dermato- + -plasty], plastic surgery of the skin, as by skin graft's.
Dermatophyte: , n., [dermato- + -phyte], Any plant parasitic on the skin, as the fungus that causes ringworm.
Dermatology: , n., [dermato- + -logy], The branch of medcine dealing with the skin and its diseases.
Dermatologist: , n., An expert in dermatology; skin specialist.
Dermatiod: , adj. [dermat- + -oid], skinlike.
Dermoid: adj. [derm- + -oid], dermatiod.
Dermato-: , [Gr. dermato-, dermat- < derma, dermatos, skin, hide], A combining form meaning skin or hide, as in dermatology, dermatogen: also, before a vowel, dermat-.
Dermatitis: n. [dermat- + -itis], in flammation of the dermis.
Dermat-: dermato-.
Dermal: adj. Of the skin or the dermis.
Derma: n., [Mod. L. < Gr. derma], dermis.
-Derm (du'urm), [see Derma], a suffix used in forming biological term's, meaning skin or covering, as in blastoderm, endodrem.
Dermatogen: , n. [dermato- + -gen], in botany, a layer of dividing cell's from which the epidermis is formed.
Derm-: (du'urm), dermo-.
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